Select all that apply.
which of the following describes the bill-making process?

a draft is the first step in the process of writing a bill.
a committee reviews the bill and marks it up to make it more viable and to reflect interests of committee members.
the chairman of a committee instructs her/his staff to prepare a written report on the bill describing its intent and effect.
an idea for a law is drafted by someone interested in seeing a law made who then finds a congressional sponsor to back it.
a hearing is a commmittee discussion over the viability of a bill.

A draft is the first step in the process of writing a bill.

An idea for a law is drafted by someone interested in seeing a law made who then finds a Congressional sponsor to back it.

Each bill begins as a draft and is written by a person interested in creating a law. The bills can be written by any congressional member or the president but needs a sponsor from the House of Representatives. All bills begin in the House and will go to committee to determine if the bill can move on to House vote.

the  equal rights amendment  (era) states: "equality  of  rights  under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex." congress first introduced the era in 1923, but the campaign for ratification took off in the 1960s during the  civil rightsmovement.